Where's Ivan?

Ivan Ivanov

Hope youve been enjoying the Olympics as much as I have. Something you may be interested in hearing is that our buddy Ivan Ivanov, who placed 5th back at the Atlanta games in 1996, is over in Beijing as we speak with two of his wrestlers.

Youll want to keep an eye on Adam Wheeler in the 96kg weight class and Spencer Mango in the 55kg class when they start up the Greco-Roman wrestling coverage which is coming up shortly.

Spencer is competing on Tuesday and Adam is competing on Thursday.

You may remember that last September the US Greco-Roman team, with Ivan as their coach, made history by winning their first World Title... and now its on to an even bigger stage.

If you have the DVD that comes with Ivans training bags you can see both these wrestlers in action during the team sequence.

And speaking of Ivans bags, with Ivan being away and all, the turn around time for recent orders is going to be delayed by a few days until Ivan gets back but you can still get em here: Bulgarian Training Bags

Good luck to everyone involved, we'll be watching.

Train hard,
John Wood

8-8-08

Welcome to Friday, August 8th, 2008, or 8-8-08. From what I read the number 8 means wealth and prosperity for those who believe in Chinese numerology, so it's only fitting that some very important and amazing things are happening today.

Im sure youve heard that tonight marks the opening of the 2008 Olympics (at 8:08 pm!) and that should be quite a sight to see. One of the favorites to bring home all kinds of gold is Michael Phelps who did most of his preparation for the Olympics at the Canham Natatorium at UM which is not a stones throw from the track when I run.

Now, that's pretty cool...

And, of course, our buddy Ivan Ivanov is over in Beijing as well. I'll have some
more details on him and what hes doing over there very soon too.

Today also marks another milestone -- all of our NEW Trap Bar training guides are, as of 8:47 am, packed and in the mail so if you took action, you'll be seeing yours within a few days.

To reiterate, that the training booklet from Al Gerard, the training booklet from Dr. Ken, my "5 x 2" workout special report and a limited edition Strongman training card prototype -- did I say it was Sandow? I thought he would be a good one to start things off with.

It's quite a haul, and if you want in, heres the quickest way NEW Trap Bar Guides

or, if you wanted to talk to Shelby to place an order, here's her number:
1-800-978-0206.

I'll be out running a mile today after work and following it up with a quick 4-5 hard sets, maybe some muscle control during opening ceremonies -- should be another great one.

Train hard,
John Wood

P.S. "He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had tried and failed." ~ William James